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A black and white ink drawing across two open sketchbook pages, filled with dense, chaotic doodles. The pages feature a mix of figures, objects and bold text including “TWAT”, “MEN” and “FUCK!”.

Come get a sneaky peek at illustrator Guy Field’s awesome sketchbooks!

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Date
23 July 2014

Doodling isn’t just for school kids. It’s about discovery. “It’s a healthy way to let it all out, with no restrictions or external rules,” says Guy, a designer and illustrator. “You just go for it.” Every single page of his sketchbooks is packed with faces, animals, monsters, questions and squiggles. “Sometimes you’ll draw a face or a hand or a dog in a way you’ve never seen or done before and that’s always a good feeling. And sometimes you just make yourself laugh!”

Working for everyone from the Primrose Bakery to American Apparel, designing t-shirts, posters, record sleeves and wall murals, he’s a man of many talents. Did our sneaky peek at his sketchbooks in the It’s Nice That studio help us understand this intellectual giant? Well, maybe. But, as Guy says, “a good portion of my sketchbooks are definitely just crap dick drawings. Ultimately, can’t everyone enjoy a crude penis drawing?!”

A black and white illustration in a sketchbook showing several stick figures made of thick, angular lines. The figures are arranged in a fragmented, geometric composition across two open pages.
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Guy Field: Sketchbook

A black and white ink drawing across two pages of a sketchbook. The left page is a dense collage of doodles and words including “RALPH”, “KNOB” and “SECRET”. The right page features a simplified, abstract cityscape of outlined buildings and towers.
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Guy Field: Sketchbook

A black and white ink drawing across two open sketchbook pages. The left page features abstract shapes and a figure with a caption that reads “IT’S FUCKED.” The right page is a dense collage of doodles, including a palm tree, a padlock, a gun and a noose. Small speech bubbles ask “WHY?” and a box at the bottom reads “OKAY”.
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Guy Field: Sketchbook

A black and white ink drawing in a sketchbook. The left page features a pattern of abstract, angular shapes, while the right page shows a person in a car and another on a motorbike, surrounded by handwritten text including “DUDE”, “BRO” and “SHIT”.
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Guy Field: Sketchbook

A black and white ink drawing in a sketchbook. On the left, a soldier with a large gun stands amidst a pile of insects under the text “The only good bug... is a dead bug.” The right page is a collage of doodles, including hands, a burger and a slice of pizza. Text scattered throughout reads “You & me”, “Why”, “No” and “See the pattern”.
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Guy Field: Sketchbook

A black and white ink drawing across two open sketchbook pages. The pages are filled with surreal, doodle-like figures and words including “JERK”, “MORALISE”, “TWAT” and “AVERSION”.
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Guy Field: Sketchbook

An open sketchbook with black ink drawings on white paper. The left page is filled with dense, chaotic doodles including a figure in a cape and the words “TWATS” and “TWAT BABY?”. The right page features a single, simple drawing of a potted plant.
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Guy Field: Sketchbook

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